Research Article
The Frequency of Resurgery after Percutaneous Lumbar Surgery Using Dekompressor in a Ten-Year Period
Table 2
Patient characteristics dependent on the time of resurgery and significant differences between these two groups.
| | All Patients with Resurgery | Resurgery | Significance | during first year | later |
| n | 19 | 15 (78.9%) | 4 (21.1%) | |
| Radicular pain | 17 (89.5%) | 15 (100.0%) | 2 (50.0%) | P = 0.035 |
| Macnab’s outcome criteria | | | | | mean | 2.9 ± 0.8 | 3.1 ± 0.8 | 2.3 ± 0.5 | |t|=2.467, (1 = 0.025)t(7)=2.365 | substantial pain relief (1+2) | 7 (36.8%) | 4 (26,7%) | 3 (75.0%) | | Period until surgery (months) | | | | | mean | 10.8 ± 17.9 | 3.0 ± 2.3 | 40.3 ± 20.8 | |t|=3.588, (1 = 0.025)t(3)=3.182 |
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